Denton (Tameside)

15°CLight rain shower

• Today: 19° / 14° · 72% rain
• Tomorrow: 22° / 14° · Patchy rain nearby

Source: WeatherAPI

Sunrise 06:37Sunset 19:31

12h 55m of daylight today

Next bank holiday: Christmas Day, Fri 25 Dec

Source: sunrise-sunset.org · gov.uk

28US AQI · Good

Main pollutant: fine particles (PM2.5)

Source: WAQI · Manchester Oxford Road, United Kingdom

720 reported road collisions (2024)

251 killed or seriously injured · 892 casualties · 13 collisions per 10,000 residents

Source: DfT reported road collisions (STATS19)

500+ food businesses within 2 miles

• 367 rated 4–5 ★ (273 top)
• 34 rated 0–2 (poor)

Source: Food Standards Agency · split of the nearest 500

• Nearest station: Reddish North (0.9 km)
• 38 bus stops within ~½ mile

Source: OpenStreetMap, National Rail

£251,250 average▲ 2.9% YoY

Across Manchester · to 2026-06

Source: UK House Price Index (HM Land Registry)

£1,365 average monthly rent▲ 3.8% YoY

• 1 bed £998
• 2 bed £1,227
• 3 bed £1,425

Source: ONS Price Index of Private Rents · to 2026-07

6.1× house price to earnings

A typical home costs 6.1 times median annual pay (6.2× for cheaper homes vs lower pay).

Source: ONS house price to workplace earnings ratio · 2025

• Cheapest petrol: 156.9p · Esso (4.3 km)
• Cheapest diesel: 179.7p · Asda (4.9 km)

65 stations within ~8 miles

Source: CMA fuel price scheme

149 charging locations within ~8 km

• 41 with rapid charging (50 kW+)
• Fastest nearby: 320 kW
• Nearest: McDonald's Debdale Park (0.5 km)

Source: Open Charge Map

• Sports centres5
• Gyms1
• Sports pitches68
• Golf courses2
• Playgrounds11

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

551,937 residents in Manchester · 4,773/km²

• Under 16: 21%
• 16–64: 70%
• 65+: 9%

Source: ONS Census 2021 (local authority)

Among the most deprived areas in England

Ranked 2 of 317 English local authorities (1 = most deprived)

43% of neighbourhoods are in England’s most deprived 10%

Source: English Indices of Deprivation 2019

£2,312 a year · Band D, 2026-27

Most homes here are Band A (55% of 252,780)

Source: VOA council-tax stock · MHCLG band levels 2026-27

219 schools · 96,844 pupils

137 primary · 30 secondary · 52 other

Ofsted: 55 of 73 graded schools rated Good or Outstanding (75%)

184inspected under Ofsted’s 2024+ framework (graded by area, no single overall grade)

Source: DfE Get Information about Schools · Ofsted · Manchester

585 CQC-registered services

• Care homes86
• GP practices139
• Dentists140
• Homecare agencies127
• Hospitals & hospices19

CQC ratings: 93% of rated services Good or Outstanding · 3 Inadequate

Source: Care Quality Commission · Manchester

• Not in the Green Belt
• 15 listed buildings within ~1.5 km

Source: planning.data.gov.uk (England)

457 applications decided

88.8% granted · 406 granted, 51 refused

Source: MHCLG planning statistics (PS2) · 2026 Q1

Hannah Spencer

Green Party

Gorton and Denton

Source: UK Parliament

Labour majority

• Lab 63
• LD 4
• Grn 21
• Ref 7

Source: Open Council Data UK (CC BY-SA)

• Schools16
• GPs & clinics4
• Pharmacies2
• Supermarkets3
• Parks & greens108
• Restaurants & cafés25

Source: OpenStreetMap (within ~1 mile)

28,950 active business enterprises in the area

Source: ONS UK Business Counts (2025)

£716 median full-time weekly pay

6% of residents aged 16–64 claim unemployment-related benefits

£19,885 disposable income per head (2024)

Source: ONS / Nomis (claimant count · ASHE) · ONS regional GDHI

54% of homes rated EPC C or above

Most common band: C · 339,861 certificates

14% of households were in fuel poverty (2023)

Source: MHCLG EPC statistics · DESNZ sub-regional fuel poverty

72% low-carbon electricity

Nuclear 57% · Imports 18% · Gas 10% · Biomass 7%

49 gCO₂/kWh · low intensity

Latest estimate for North West England · National Grid ESO

Life expectancy: 81.1 yrs women · 77.2 yrs men

Healthy life expectancy: 57.7 women · 56.7 men

61% of adults overweight or obese

Source: OHID Fingertips · 2025

• Life satisfaction7.0
• Feeling worthwhile7.3
• Happiness yesterday6.8
• Anxiety yesterday (lower is better)3.7

Average rating out of 10 · ONS personal well-being 2022-23

Open UK Parliament petitions most signed in Gorton and Denton:

• Do not ban social media for under 16s398 local signatures · 217,501 nationwide
• Ban anyone convicted of terrorism offences from standing for public office372 local signatures · 205,058 nationwide
• Make a public animal abuser register & automatically ban ownership290 local signatures · 242,705 nationwide
• Automatically remove parental responsibility for parents convicted of abuse228 local signatures · 18,434 nationwide
• Legislate to ban FPNs and prosecutions related to school attendance214 local signatures · 94,447 nationwide

Source: petition.parliament.uk · as of 2026-08-06

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  Gorton Reservoirs · 0.4 km

  Gorton Reservoirs are two reservoirs on the boundary of Tameside and Manchester in the North West of England. They are Gorton Upper Reservoir and Gorton Lower Reservoir. The upper and lower sections are separated by a…

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  Debdale Park · 0.4 km

  Debdale Park is an inner-city park, located in the Gorton area of Manchester, England. At around 45 acres (18 ha), it is one of the largest inner-city parks in the City of Manchester.

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  Hyde Road railway station · 0.7 km

  Hyde Road was a railway station in Gorton, Manchester, England, on the Fallowfield Loop Line. It opened in 1892 and closed in 1958, when local passenger services on the line were withdrawn. The station was sometimes a…

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  Abbey Hey F.C. · 0.9 km

  Abbey Hey Football Club is a football club named after the Abbey Hey area of Gorton, Manchester, England. They are currently members of the North West Counties League Premier Division and play at the Abbey Stadium. Th…

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  Brookfield Unitarian Church · 0.9 km

  Brookfield Unitarian Church, Gorton, Manchester, England is a Victorian Gothic church. It is a member of the General Assembly of Unitarian and Free Christian Churches, the umbrella body for British Unitarians.

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  Reddish North railway station · 1.0 km

  Reddish North is one of two railway stations serving the suburb of Reddish in Stockport, England; the other is Reddish South. It is on the Hope Valley Line between Manchester Piccadilly and Sheffield.

Source: Wikipedia (text under CC BY-SA)